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Eric Chavez
and brand manager “allowed me to be my own business owner within a larger business. I went from being an engineer who asked, ‘Why is this product broken?’ to a manager asking,... View Details
- 23 Feb 2022
- News
Rethinking Low-Wage Work
- 19 Mar 2015
- News
Walter Salmon Remembered
involved with; that company is still in business today. Thanks, Walt, for your passion and commitment. Allan N. Mackey (MBA 1970) I was in Professor Salmon’s Marketing class my second year. We were discussing a case where the company had a serious problem displaying... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Clicks and Mortar
gotten used to as consumers. Antonio Moreno: People still like going to a physical store to have an experience and learn about products, but now that can be decoupled from the act of taking possession of a product because there are better... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Read All About It: Journalism Can Be Profitable
US elections. David Perpich (MBA 2007) oversaw the development of that groundbreaking paywall and has led the company in the development of successful new digital products such as NYT Cooking. Now we ask Perpich—named president and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Do You Speak Business?
China. “I have no regrets,” he adds, “because I learned so much from that experience.” Now working in strategic planning for Philip Morris International’s China operations, Klump is part of a small management team whose eleven members... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 15 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Find Your Pragmatic Path through Radical Uncertainty
thus making our lives and those of others as orderly as possible. The first imperative is to resist the temptation, which radical uncertainty exacerbates, to panic. While hoarding paper products may seem like a “safe” option for us, it is... View Details
- May 2003
- Background Note
How to Induce Retailers to Reduce Stockouts?
By: V.G. Narayanan
Describes how the lack of incentive alignment between retailers and their vendors can lead to stockouts. Also describes various means to reduce incentive misalignment and hence stockouts. View Details
Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Supply Chain Management; Order Taking and Fulfillment; Distribution; Alignment; Business Strategy; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry
Narayanan, V.G. "How to Induce Retailers to Reduce Stockouts?" Harvard Business School Background Note 103-080, May 2003.
- September 2020
- Case
Merck: COVID-19 Vaccines
By: Willy C. Shih
COVID-19 infections were still climbing across the U.S. and many other parts of the world in September 2020, and it seemed that every time Ken Frazier, the CEO of Merck & Co. consented to an interview in recent months he always seemed to hear the same question,... View Details
Keywords: Vaccines; COVID-19 Pandemic; Health Pandemics; Health Testing and Trials; Innovation and Management; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Business Strategy; Product Launch; Pharmaceutical Industry
Shih, Willy C. "Merck: COVID-19 Vaccines." Harvard Business School Case 621-028, September 2020.
- 15 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Lessons of New-Market Disruption
it, picking the wrong customer will lead to failure. Aggressive revenue expectations can keep venture managers from choosing to target emerging markets, places where disruptive technologies are likely to find their initial success. As the... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
New Releases
noncompetitive technology development while contributing to national economic growth and global competitiveness. In Technology Fountainheads: The Management Challenge of R&D; Consortia, Professor Emeritus Ray Corey examines the... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Research Brief: Field Research
philanthropist to give us $1 million to start a nonprofit to design, evaluate, and scale this service.” In 2015, Cole and Kremer launched Precision Agriculture for Development, together with Dan Björkegren of Brown University and Heiner Baumann (MBA 1999), who serves... View Details
- 09 Sep 2024
- News
Basket Chase
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. On this episode, we’re featuring an excerpt from a new HBS podcast called Think Big, Buy Small. The show is hosted by Professors Richard Ruback and Royce Yudkoff... View Details
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Up Close: A Return to In-Person Executive Education Programs
When Greg Reisch added emergency services to his role as associate director of facilities management for Harvard Business School's Executive Education Programs, it was with a clear understanding of what that would entail—perhaps an... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts
dominant investment vehicle of our time. The Complete Guide to ETF Portfolio Management provides everything you need to know to manage an ETF with knowledge and skill. As Janus... View Details
- August 1991 (Revised September 1994)
- Background Note
What Is Industrial Marketing?
Discusses the key distinguishing aspects of industrial as compared to consumer marketing. These differences are highlighted for organizational as well as marketing mix aspects. View Details
Keywords: Customer Relationship Management; Innovation Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Marketing Channels; Marketing Strategy; Marketplace Matching; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Core Relationships; Industrial Products Industry; Industrial Products Industry
Rangan, V. Kasturi. "What Is Industrial Marketing?" Harvard Business School Background Note 592-012, August 1991. (Revised September 1994.)
- 28 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 28, 2016
forthcoming Management Science The First Deal: The Division of Founder Equity in New Ventures By: Hellmann, Thomas F., and Noam Wasserman Abstract—We examine the trade-off between efficiency and equality within the context of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Nov 2016
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Tax Strategies Mirror Personal Returns of Top Execs
“There is actually a lot of heterogeneity with the actions that executives take. For me that was very surprising.” Pérez Cavazos, part of the Accounting and Management Unit, initially doubted his colleague Andreya M. Silva would find... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Research Brief: Where Top-Down Tops Out
recent study, “The Impact of CEOs in the Public Sector: Evidence from the English NHS,” Associate Professor Raffaella Sadun and her coauthors conclude that a singular leader is far less effective in these large and complex public hospitals. The decentralized View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Women and VC
DODI: Backing ventures with products important to women and families. Photo courtesy Monica Dodi A cofounder of MTV Europe, a former executive at Walt Disney/Europe, and former CEO of AOL’s Entertainment Asylum, Monica Dodi (MBA 1984) is... View Details